Section 316.915. Definitions.  


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  • In this subchapter:
    (1)  "Certified inspector" means a certified commercial electrical inspector.
    (2)  "Commercial electrical inspector" means a person who conducts inspections of electrical construction of farms, public buildings and places of employment.
    (3)  "Department" means the department of safety and professional services.
    (4)  "Electrical construction" means the installation of electrical wiring.
    (5)  "Electrical contractor" means any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of erecting, installing, altering, repairing, servicing or maintaining electrical wiring.
    (6)  "Electrical wiring" means all equipment, wiring, material, fittings, devices, appliances, fixtures and apparatus used for the production, modification, regulation, control, distribution, utilization or safeguarding of electrical energy for mechanical, chemical, cosmetic, heating, lighting or similar purposes as covered by the scope of this chapter.
    (7)  "Farm" means a place where farming is conducted.
    (8)  "Farming" has the meaning specified under s. 102.04 (3) , Stats.
    (9)  "Independent inspection agency" means any corporation, partnership or sole proprietor, other than a municipal corporation, that performs inspections of buildings.
    (10)  "Municipality" means a city, village, town or county in this state.
    (11)  "Person" includes all partnerships, associations, and bodies politic or corporate.
    (12)  "Place of employment" has the meaning specified under s. 101.01 (11) , Stats.
    (13)  "Public building" has the meaning specified under s. 101.01 (12) , Stats.
Cr. Register, September, 1999, No. 525 , eff. 10-1-99 ; CR 08-047 : renum. from Comm 16.63 Register February 2009 No. 638 , eff. 3-1-09; correction in (3) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 6. , Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672 .

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Under s. 102.04 (3) , Stats., "farming" means the operation of farm premises owned or rented by the operator. "Farm premises" means areas used for operations herein set forth, but does not include other areas, greenhouses or other similar structures unless used principally for the production of food and farm plants. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Section 102.04 (3) , Stats., states that the operation of farm premises shall be deemed to be the planting and cultivating of the soil thereof; the raising and harvesting of agricultural, horticultural or arboricultural crops thereon; the raising, breeding, tending, training and management of livestock, bees, poultry, fur–bearing animals, wildlife or aquatic life, or their products, thereon; the processing, drying, packing, packaging, freezing, grading, storing, delivering to storage, to market or to a carrier for transportation to market, distributing directly to consumers or marketing any of the above-named commodities, substantially all of which have been planted or produced thereon; the clearing of such premises and the salvaging of timber and management and use of wood lots thereon, but not including logging, lumbering or wood cutting operations unless conducted as an accessory to other farming operations; the managing, conserving, improving and maintaining of such premises or the tools, equipment and improvements thereon and the exchange of labor, services or the exchange of use of equipment with other farmers in pursuing such activities. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Under s. 101.01 (11) , Stats.: Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 (11) "Place of employment" includes every place, whether indoors or out or underground and the premises appurtenant thereto where either temporarily or permanently any industry, trade, or business is carried on, or where any process or operation, directly or indirectly related to any industry, trade, or business, is carried on, and where any person is, directly or indirectly, employed by another for direct or indirect gain or profit, but does not include any place where persons are employed in private domestic service which does not involve the use of mechanical power or in farming. "Farming" includes those activities specified in s. 102.04 (3) , and also includes the transportation of farm products, supplies, or equipment directly to the farm by the operator of the farm or employees for use thereon, if such activities are directly or indirectly for the purpose of producing commodities for market, or as an accessory to such production. When used with relation to building codes, "place of employment" does not include any of the following: Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1(a) An adult family home, as defined in s. 50.01 (1) . Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1(b) Except for the purposes of s. 101.11 , a previously constructed building used as a community-based residential facility, as defined in s. 50.01 (1g) , which serves 20 or fewer residents who are not related to the operator or administrator. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 (c) A home-based business, as defined by the department by rule. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Under s. 101.01 (12) , Stats.: Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 (12) "Public building" means any structure, including exterior parts of such building, such as a porch, exterior platform, or steps providing means of ingress or egress, used in whole or in part as a place of resort, assemblage, lodging, trade, traffic, occupancy, or use by the public or by 3 or more tenants. When used in relation to building codes, "public building" does not include any of the following Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 (a) A previously constructed building used as a community-based residential facility as defined in s. 50.01 (1g) which serves 20 or fewer residents who are not related to the operator or administrator. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1(b) An adult family home, as defined in s. 50.01 (1) . Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 (c) A home-based business, as defined by the department by rule. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1